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booby    音标拼音: [b'ubi]
n. 呆子,傻瓜

呆子,傻瓜

booby
n 1: an ignorant or foolish person [synonym: {dumbbell}, {dummy},
{dope}, {boob}, {booby}, {pinhead}]
2: small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or
both

Booby \Boo"by\ (b[=oo]"b[y^]), a.
Having the characteristics of a booby; stupid.
[1913 Webster]


Booby \Boo"by\ (b[=oo]"b[y^]), n.; pl. {Boobies} (-b[i^]z). [Sp.
bobo dunce, idiot; cf. L. balbus stammering, E. barbarous.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A dunce; a stupid fellow.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Zool.)
(a) A swimming bird ({Sula fiber} or {Sula sula}) related
to the common gannet, and found in the West Indies,
nesting on the bare rocks. It is so called on account
of its apparent stupidity -- unafraid of men, it
allows itself to be caught by a simple and undisguised
approach. The name is also sometimes applied to other
species of gannets; as, {Sula piscator}, the
{red-footed booby}; and {Sula nebouxii}, the
{blue-footed booby}.
(b) A species of penguin of the antarctic seas.
[1913 Webster]

{Booby hatch}
(a) (Naut.), a kind of wooden hood over a hatch, readily
removable.
(b), an insane asylum. [Colloq.]

{Booby hut}, a carriage body put upon sleigh runners. [Local,
U. S.] --Bartlett.

{Booby hutch}, a clumsy covered carriage or seat, used in the
eastern part of England. --Forby.

{Booby prize}, an award for the poorest performance in a
competition; hence, metaphorically, the recognition of a
strikingly inferior or incompetent performance.

{Booby trap}
(a), a schoolboy's practical joke, as a shower bath when a
door is opened.
(b), any concealed device causing surprise or injury when
a usually harmless object is touched; -- in military
operations, typically containing an explosive charge.
[1913 Webster PJC]


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  • Booby - Wikipedia
    Booby A booby is a seabird in the genus Sula, part of the family Sulidae Boobies are closely related to the gannets (Morus), which were formerly included in Sula
  • Meet the Booby Family - Smithsonian Ocean
    The booby family is a large one, with seven species in the genus Sula: the famous Blue-footed Booby, Brown Booby, Cocos Booby, Masked Booby, Nazca Booby, Peruvian Booby, and the Red-footed Booby
  • Booby | Bird, Description, Habitat, Facts | Britannica
    Booby, any of six or seven species of large tropical seabirds constituting the family Sulidae (order Pelecaniformes or Suliformes) Their bills are long, their bodies cigar-shaped, and their wings long, narrow, and angular
  • Blue-footed Booby - eBird
    Immature has dusky brownish head and neck and grayish feet All plumages told from Brown Booby by white at the base and tip of the tail Typically flies and soars fairly high up Feeds by spectacular, steep-angle plunge-dives Breeds locally in colonies on offshore islands, nesting on the ground
  • Blue-footed Booby - All About Birds
    The Blue-footed Booby has captivated the human imagination for centuries with its mating display, in which its vivid baby-blue feet play a key role The other part of the name—booby—is reportedly taken from the Spanish for “stupid,” (“bobo”) and refers to these birds’ tameness around people
  • Booby Bird - Description, Habitat, Image, Diet, and Interesting Facts
    Everything you should know about the Booby Bird The Booby Bird is a group of seabirds of which there are six species - each of which is quite interesting
  • Booby: Characteristics, Diet, Facts More [Fact Sheet]
    Some species, like the Blue-footed Booby, primarily stay in the eastern Pacific, while others, like the Brown Booby, have a more widespread distribution These birds are typically found in regions rich in fish and other marine life, which makes up their primary diet
  • What Are Boobies? Species, Habitat, and Behavior Explained
    Six booby species inhabit tropical and subtropical waters worldwide, with the Galápagos Islands serving as the most critical breeding ground —hosting roughly half of all blue-footed booby nesting pairs, though populations have crashed from over 20,000 in the 1960s to around 6,000 today
  • Brown Booby - Facts, Diet, Habitat Pictures on Animalia. bio
    It is perhaps the most common and widespread species of the booby family Sulidae They are gregarious birds that only nest on the ground and roost on solid objects rather than the water surface
  • Brown Booby | Audubon Field Guide
    Description 30" (76 cm) Typical booby shape with heavy pointed bill, pointed tail, long wings Adults solid brown with sharply contrasting white belly, yellow bill Immatures have brown mottling on belly, and youngest may be evenly brown all over





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